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Editorial: Neighbors seem sold on high-tech business

Friday, Oct. 26, 2001 | 9:40 a.m.

Hughes Network Systems is weighing whether to build its North American monitoring headquarters for a broadband satellite service in Henderson. What is unusual is that the company is being embraced by its potential rural neighbors, the Mission Hills residents who usually oppose nearby development, a change in attitude that says a lot about the company's project.

Officials from Henderson, who are competing against Phoenix officials to lure Hughes, also would love to see Hughes as a new neighbor. The company wouldn't employ a huge work force -- about 75 people -- but the starting annual pay is exceptional: $41,000. This is exactly the kind of efforts that local and state officials should make to diversify a tourism-based economy. Success breeds success, and if Hughes comes here maybe other companies with high-paying jobs will seriously consider locating here, too.

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